Little Rock Senior AdvisorThe Blossoms at Cumberland Rehab & Nursing Center is a Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing home with 120 certified beds at 1516 Cumberland St, Little Rock (Pulaski County), CMS certification number 045359. The Blossoms at Cumberland Rehab & Nursing Center holds a CMS overall rating of 1 of 5 stars in CMS Care Compare data dated October 1, 2026.
What are The Blossoms at Cumberland Rehab & Nursing Center's Care Compare star ratings?
The Blossoms at Cumberland Rehab & Nursing Center holds a CMS overall rating of 1 of 5 stars, with 1 for health inspections, 3 for staffing and 3 for quality measures on CMS's five-star scale.
| CMS measure | Value |
|---|---|
| CMS overall | 1 of 5 |
| CMS health inspections | 1 of 5 |
| CMS staffing | 3 of 5 |
| CMS quality measures | 3 of 5 |
| Certified beds / residents on an average day | 120 / 68.8 |
| Ownership (CMS) | For profit - Corporation |
| Chain (CMS) | The Blossoms Rehab & Nursing Center, 23 facilities |
| Medicare/Medicaid certification since | September 27, 2000 |
| Phone (CMS) | (501) 374-7565 |
About 69 residents live here on a typical day, filling roughly 57% of certified beds, lower than the 75% midpoint for central Arkansas nursing homes.
What have inspectors found at The Blossoms at Cumberland Rehab & Nursing Center?
Surveyors from the Office of Long Term Care, working for CMS, last completed The Blossoms at Cumberland Rehab & Nursing Center's standard health survey on June 4, 2026, and the cycle shows 7 health deficiencies: 5 standard and 5 complaint-driven.
Its previous standard survey, on January 16, 2025, produced 16 deficiencies; 0 more citations came from infection-control reviews. Nursing homes across the six counties have a median of 2 deficiencies in the latest cycle, so this count is higher than most.
In CMS's three-year penalty window it shows 2 fines totaling $37,403 and 0 payment denials.
CMS also shows its abuse icon for this home, which means an abuse citation in the past year or potential-abuse citations in each of the two years before.
How do staffing hours at The Blossoms at Cumberland Rehab & Nursing Center compare locally?
The Blossoms at Cumberland Rehab & Nursing Center reports 3.50 total nurse hours per resident day to CMS, lower than the central Arkansas median of 4.05, and 0.27 RN hours, lower than the central Arkansas median of 0.33.
On weekends the total falls to 3.26 hours per resident per day. Nursing staff turnover is 71.8% (higher than the central Arkansas median of 56.6%), with registered-nurse turnover at 75.0%. CMS counts 1 administrator departure in its measurement period.
Which nursing homes near The Blossoms at Cumberland Rehab & Nursing Center should we compare?
At 120 certified beds it is equal to the Pulaski County median of 120. The nearest other certified home is Arkansas State Veterans Home at North Little Rock in North Little Rock, about 3.3 miles away as the crow flies, which CMS rates 2 of 5.
| Facility | Miles away | Licensed beds | CMS overall rating | Last CMS health inspection | Deficiencies cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas State Veterans Home at North Little Rock 2401 John Ashley Drive, 72114 | 3.3 | 96 | 2 of 5 | August 14, 2026 | 8 |
| The Blossoms at North Little Rock Rehab & Nursing 2501 John Ashley Drive, 72114 | 3.3 | 140 | 1 of 5 | August 27, 2026 | 7 |
| The Blossoms at Midtown Rehab & Nursing Center 5720 West Markham Street, 72205 | 4.0 | 154 | 1 of 5 | August 28, 2025 | 8 |
| Briarwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Inc 516 So Rodney Parham Rd, 72205 | 4.4 | 120 | 3 of 5 | May 15, 2025 | 3 |
| Lakewood Health and Rehab, llc 2323 Mccain Boulevard, 72116 | 4.7 | 85 | 5 of 5 | September 25, 2025 | 1 |
What else is near The Blossoms at Cumberland Rehab & Nursing Center in Little Rock?
The Blossoms at Cumberland Rehab & Nursing Center is in Little Rock, Pulaski County, and Baptist Health Medical Center-North Little Rock is the closest acute-care hospital in CMS's hospital file, about 3.9 miles away by straight line.
Second closest is CHI St. Vincent Infirmary, about 5.0 miles off; distances run from the home's CMS coordinates to the hospital's town center, not along roads.
Ask to see the emergency plan: CMS requires one, and in this part of Arkansas the realistic tests are a tornado warning in the night, an ice storm that cuts power for days, and a July heat wave.
What questions does The Blossoms at Cumberland Rehab & Nursing Center's CMS record raise?
Start with what CMS's data suggests: ask for the plan of correction covering the 7 deficiencies from June 4, 2026 and what has changed since.
- Turnover of 71.8% runs above the regional median; ask what share of aides on each shift come from agencies.
- Ask what led to $37,403 in CMS fines and how the problem was fixed.
- With occupancy near 57%, ask which halls have open beds and why.
- CMS lists a resident council; ask when it meets and how families take part.
- If Arkansas Medicaid will pay later, confirm The Blossoms at Cumberland Rehab & Nursing Center keeps Medicaid long-stay beds and ask how the resident's monthly personal needs allowance is handled.
